However, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office on Thursday evening asked the Superior Court for permission to file an emergency appeal. The court granted the request giving them until Friday at noon to file the appeal.

Jacobson ruled on Sept. 27 that New Jersey must allow gay couples to marry after six couples and LGBT advocacy group Garden State Equality filed a suit.

The state currently offers gays the opportunity to enter into a civil union, but the couples argued civil unions did not fulfill a 2006 N.J. Supreme Court ruling that required the state to give gay couples the same rights as married couples.

The judge agreed with the plaintiffs and found civil unions to be unequal and unconstitutional.

Gov. Chris Christie's administration filed a request for a stay in implementing gay marriages on Oct. 1 saying the state would suffer "irrefutable harm" without having the N.J. Supreme Court rule on the issue.

"Momentum is with us," said Troy Stevenson, Executive Director of Garden State Equality, on Thursday. "All couples in New Jersey need the dignity of marriage, and they need it now. We look forward to seeing many of them, who have been denied that dignity for too long, marry in the coming weeks."